#5B8AE6#5B8AE6

#5B8AE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.148 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5B8AE6
RGB	rgb(91, 138, 230)
HSL	hsl(220, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(220, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 40%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 11.84, -51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 52.79, 282.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0191 -0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.148 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6808, 26.1118, 78.4289)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5B8AE6 #E6B75B

analogous

#5BD0E6 #5B8AE6 #715BE6

triadic

#5B8AE6 #E65B8A #8AE65B

tetradic

#5B8AE6 #E65BD0 #E6B75B #5BE671

square

#5B8AE6 #E65BD0 #E6B75B #5BE671

split-complementary

#5B8AE6 #E6715B #D0E65B

monochromatic

#1A4CAC #2664DE #5B8AE6 #90B0EE #C5D6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#5B8AE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#5B8AE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5B8AE6

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5B8AE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5B8AE6	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6293EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E86E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5b8ae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 138, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.148 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95abee',
    500: '#5b8ae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5b8ae6;
$custom-light: #95abee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5b8ae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.712,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64297,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5B8AE6

secondary

#E7D6B5

accent

#9310D6

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #5B8AE6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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